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Is alcohol the only drug...? (songs praising drugs
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: KB in Iowa Date: 17 Dec 09 - 02:24 PM 'That Acapulco Gold' by Rainy Daze. Came out in 1967. It got some radio play before The Man figured out what it was about and had it pulled from the airwaves. Got to #70 on the Billboard charts. (submitted once sans cookie) |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: GUEST,Guest Date: 17 Dec 09 - 03:33 PM <quote> No, we expect a consistent name in every message. </quote> The make the bloody field mandatory! |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: Joe_F Date: 17 Dec 09 - 05:53 PM The examples give so far seem to confirm my original impression: There are of course songs that mention other drugs incidentally, and songs that describe how wretched they make people, but there are no dope songs anything like "Landlord, fill the flowing bowl" or "Chevaliers de la table ronde", which encourage people to drink as an aid to conviviality & merriment. Are there perhaps marijuana songs in Arabic? I ask because I once read that the Koran forbids the taxation of hemp on the ground that it is cruel to tax things that console the poor. |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: GUEST Date: 17 Dec 09 - 06:27 PM Dr. Hook's "Freaker's Ball" album has a few songs about stuff including the classic "I Got Stoned and I Missed It". Neil Young's "The Needle and the Damage Done" and the album "Tonites' the Nite" |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: GUEST,celticblues5 Date: 17 Dec 09 - 07:03 PM The fabulous Julia Lee had twin recordings of "Sweet Lotus Blossom" & "Sweet Marijuana" (same song, just substituted one phrase for the other, depending, I suppose on the audience at any particular time, "(sweet) lotus blossom" being marginally more obscure as to its meaning). Soothe me with your caress, Sweet lotus blossom Lotus blossom Help me in my distress Sweet lotus blossom Please do Now you alone can bring my lover back to me Even though I know it's just a fantasy And then, knock me clear out Sweet lotus blossom Please do..... Then there was Bessie Smith --- ["Gimme a Pigfoot"] .....Give the piano player a drink because he's bringin' me down He's got rhythm, yeah! When he stomps his feet, he sends me right off to sleep Check all your razors and your guns We gonna be rasslin' when the wagon comes I wanna pigfoot and a bottle of beer Send me 'cause I don't care Slay me 'cause I don't care Gimme a reefer and a gang o' gin Slay me, 'cause I'm in my sin Slay me 'cause I'm full of gin Check all your razors and your guns Do the shim-sham shimmy till the risin' sun A compilation, "Reefer Songs," lists: 1. Reefer Man - Don Redman And His Orchestra 2. The Man From Harlem - Cab Calloway And His Orchestra 3. Here Comes The Man With The Jive - Stuff Smith And His Onyx Club Boys 4. If You're A Viper - Bob Howard And His Boys 5. Texas Tea Party - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra, With Jack Teagarden 6. Light Up - Buster Bailey's Rhythm Busters 7. Jack I'm Mellow - Trixie Smith 8. Sweet Marijuana Brown - Barney Bigard Sextet 9. Viper Mad - Sidney Bechet With Noble Sissie's Swingers 10. The Weed Smoker's Dream (Why Don't You Do Right) - Harlem Hamfats 11. The G Man Got The T Man - Cee Pee Johnson And His Band 12. All The Jive Is Gone - Andy Kirk And His Twelve Clouds Of Joy 13. The Stuff Is Here - Georgia White 14. Wacky Dust - Chick Webb And His Orchestra, With Ella Fitzgerald 15. Who Put The Benzedrine In Mrs Murphy Ovaltine? - Harry 'The Hipster' Gibson 16. Jerry The Junker - Clarence Williams And His Washboard band 17. Reefer Song - Fats Waller 18. Lotus Blossom (Sweet Marijuana) - Julia Lee And Her Boy Friends 19. Willie The Chimney Sweeper - Ernest Rodgers 20. Weeds - Bea Foote 21. Save The Roach For Me - Buck Washington 22. Knockin Myself Out - Lil Greene 23. Minnie The Moocher - Cab Calloway And His Cotton Club Orchestra And here's another compilation of substance songs - http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/114485209/Teens+Lyrics?tab=summary |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: GUEST Date: 17 Dec 09 - 07:48 PM So...Joe F.
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: Amergin Date: 17 Dec 09 - 07:52 PM Peter Tosh did Legalise It. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: TOBACCO'S BUT AN INDIAN WEED From: autoharper Date: 17 Dec 09 - 08:39 PM Perhaps the oldest one is "Tobacco's But An Indian Weed" attributed to Thomas D'Urfey, around 1719. Often mistaken as a song about the dangers of lung disease, the song uses tobacco smoking as a metaphor for the the transient nature of existence. Larry Hanks recorded an excellent version of this song on his "Tying a Knot in the Devil's Tail" CD. 1. To-bacco's but an Indian weed, Grows green at morn, cut down at eve It shows our de-cay, We are but clay; Think of this when you smoke to-bacco! 2. The pipe that is so lily white, Wherein so many take delight, It's broken with a touch, Man's life is such Think of this when you take tobacco! 3. The pipe that is so foul within, It shows man's soul is stained with sin It doth require To be purred with fire; Think of this when you smoke tobacco! 4. The dust that from the pipe doth fall, It shows we are nothing but dust at all For we came from the dust, And return we must; Think of this when you smoke tobacco! 5. The ashes that are left behind, Do serve to put us all in mind That unto dust Return we must; Think of this when you take tobacco! 6. The smoke that does so high ascend, Shows that man's life must have an end The vapor's gone, Man's life is done; Think of this when you take tobacco! -Adam Miller |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: Amergin Date: 17 Dec 09 - 08:52 PM I also do not think Velvet Underground's Heroin was in praise of the drug. |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: Artful Codger Date: 17 Dec 09 - 11:31 PM "Come, Sirrah Jack, Ho!" is a madrigal about the pleasures of smoking. "It is very, very good; 'tis very good!" k.d. lang did a concept album Drag on the theme of smoking. Pipes and tobacco figure as simple pleasures in a fair number of songs, though I can't think of a song with a refrain like "So puff, boys, puff! And see that you do not cough!" The Captain Matchbox Whoopie Band's album Smoke Dreams was apparently recorded while they were smoking something else. |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: Roughyed Date: 18 Dec 09 - 01:11 AM What about Dylan's Rainy Day Women #s 12 and 34? That encourages people to get stoned, I don't think he meant alcohol and it sounds like a party. I seem to remember a band from the 6os called I think David Peel and the Lowere East Street who did a whole marijuana themed album - my memory of the tracks is a bit vague for some strange reason |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: MGM·Lion Date: 18 Dec 09 - 02:14 AM See thread - Lyr req: Cocaine Bill & Morphine Sue:- Nov 06-Jan 07. Certainly song, well recalled from my long-ago youth & student & soccer-playing days, about drugs, tho not exactly in praise: last verse as I remember it went — 'This story only goes to show There ain't no sense in sniffing snow'. |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: MGM·Lion Date: 18 Dec 09 - 02:45 AM Oddly, this song, Cocaine Bill... doesn't seem to be in Digitrad under any title I can formulate. But it was also cited, quoting as under, by GuestGARGOYLE in long & full post of 17 Nov 01 on thread 'Rugby Football Songs": "And his heart would be hard indeed who was not moved by the tragety of Morphine Bill and Cocaine Sue who after killing themselves with drugs (Honey have a sniff on me) were buried side by side."- quoting Michael Green's Book of 'More Rugby Songs' 1967. |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: Roughyed Date: 18 Dec 09 - 03:07 AM Try looking under Cocaine Lil. One of the little known side effects seems to be a sex change.... |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: JohnInKansas Date: 18 Dec 09 - 03:47 AM In the first post, Joe F asks What is special about ethanol? For the nickel tour of a history of alcoholic beverages, the slide show at Eight ancient drinks uncorked by science might be of interest. (If you click on the "print this" button at the bottom of any page you can look at all nine slides on one page.) Now, back to the music. John |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: MGM·Lion Date: 18 Dec 09 - 04:52 AM Thanks, Roughyed. But, tho a good song, Cocaine Lil is not the same one as Cocaine Bill. |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: MGM·Lion Date: 18 Dec 09 - 05:12 AM I know, btw, that it is absurd to seek a definitive version of any traditional song -- but out of interest, who knows it as "Cocaine Bill & Morphine Sue", & who, v.v., as "Morphine Bill & Cocaine Sue"? |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: Mr Red Date: 18 Dec 09 - 05:32 AM Paregoric thread 1 Paregoric thread 2 see threads for lyrics & explanation. House of the rising sun is implies it is part of the story (pick your version) Goodnight Irene is not exactly in praise of drugs, but...... And isn't there a Cockayne Overture in Elgar's tune list? Or was it a symphony? & a village in Yorkshire - 'appen soh! |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: meself Date: 18 Dec 09 - 11:29 AM And the winner is: "Let's Go Get Stoned" (not the Ray Charles version, but the Amboy Dukes'). |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: Bettynh Date: 18 Dec 09 - 12:34 PM It's specific to its time, but Tom Paxton's "Talking Vietnam Potluck Blues" brings a smile (We have met the enemy and he has been smashed!) Arlo Guthrie's "Coming into Los Angeles" The Short Sisters' "Coffee" Christine Lavin's "Chocolate Covered Expresso Beans" Shel Silverstein's "Have Another Espresso" Mississippi John Hurt's "Coffee Blues" isn't about coffee, but it's a great song. |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: Bettynh Date: 18 Dec 09 - 01:12 PM To be complete, on the negative side of non-alcoholic drugs: "Hurt", written by Trent Reznor, but owned by Johnny Cash "Cocaine Blues" owned by Dave Van Ronk, though I doubt he wrote it. Tom Paxton's "Cindy's Cryin' (But It Ain't No Use)" Kris Kristofferson's "Sugar Man" Neil Young's "The Needle and the Damage Done' The Velvet Undergroound's "I'm Waiting for the Man" Van Morrison's "Blow in Your Nose" and "Nose in your Blow" Rosalie Sorrel's "L.A. Nights" Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" |
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Subject: Lyr Add: THAT ACAPULCO GOLD From: KB in Iowa Date: 18 Dec 09 - 01:22 PM "The examples give so far seem to confirm my original impression" Well, Joe F. 'That Acapulco Gold' that I mentioned earlier is most definitely celebrating pot smoking. Me and Martha took a honeymoon, Below the border 'neath the silvery moon, She was eighteen and I was twenty-two, Now we're just a-doin' what the old folks do We're goin' south, south, to get that Acapulco Gold Ain't nothin' it can't fix, Old dogs can learn new tricks, When the streets are lined with bricks Of Acapulco Gold We 'bout decided against the whole thing But then we thought we really ought to swing Heard that the southland held the key, To cure them cotton pickin' sniffles and sneeze refrain Zig zag, white or wheat any'll do Hey diddle diddle twenty three skidoo Me and Martha sure had fun Now there's Acapulco Gold for everyone BTW, someone mentioned 'Let's Go Get Stoned' but that is clearly about alcohol. He even mentions buying a bottle of gin. |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: pdq Date: 18 Dec 09 - 01:55 PM If someone is looking for the song "Cocaine Bill and Morphine Sue", they will probably find it under the title "Take A Whiff On Me". Dates back to at least Lead Belly. An odd hybrid of booze and pot songs is Loggins and Messina's "Don't Sing Anything Pretty After Whiskey". Pro-pot, anti-whiskey. |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: MGM·Lion Date: 18 Dec 09 - 02:19 PM Thanks pdq - but Take A Whiff On Me in DigiTrad is not the same song, tho shares a few floaters. |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: pdq Date: 18 Dec 09 - 02:35 PM Yes, the "Take A Whiff On Me" in the DigiTrad is different. Perhaps you would like to download the Greenbriar Boys version from Amazon.com. It will cost 99¢ US. The correct title of the Loggins and Messina song I mentioned is simply "Whiskey". |
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Subject: Lyr Add: COCAINE HABIT BLUES (Memphis Jug Band) From: KB in Iowa Date: 18 Dec 09 - 03:19 PM The Memphis Jug Band recorded 'Cocaine Habit Blues' in 1930. The refrain is Hey, hey, honey, take a whiff on me. They are not praising cocaine. Cocaine habit's mighty bad. It's the worst old habit that I ever had. Hey, hey, honey, take a whiff on me. I went to Mr Beaman's in a lope. Saw a sign on the window says no more dope. Hey, hey, honey, take a whiff on me. If you don't believe cocaine is good, Ask Alma Rose at Minglewood. Hey, hey, honey, take a whiff on me. I love my whiskey, and I love my gin, But the way I love my coke is a doggone sin. Hey, hey, honey, take a whiff on me. [instrumental break] Since cocaine went out of style, You can catch 'em shootin' needles all the while. Hey, hey, honey, take a whiff on me. It takes a little coke to give me ease. Strut your stuff long as you please. Hey, hey, honey, take a whiff on me. |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: meself Date: 18 Dec 09 - 04:19 PM "BTW, someone mentioned 'Let's Go Get Stoned' but that is clearly about alcohol." And I (someone) quote: "I'll call up my dealer on the way home and say, "'Let's go get stoned.'" ? |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: Joe_F Date: 18 Dec 09 - 06:50 PM As *some* people on this thread have pointed out, *most* people on it are ignoring what I asked about: Why alcohol has inspired so many songs *in praise of it* (and often for singing while consuming it) in comparison with other popular drugs. Evidently I am almost the only one who considers that an interesting question. I cannot imagine anyone feeling sentimental about cocaine or morphine on hearing or singing "Cocaine Lil and Morphine Sue". Thank you, KB in Iowa & celticblues5, for actual responses. I'll have a look at those. |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: Amergin Date: 18 Dec 09 - 07:48 PM Hmmm well you also did say and I quote: "If there are in fact any smoking songs, sniffing songs, pill-popping songs, or shooting-up songs, I would be interested in hearing about them." Or did you not mean it that way? |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: Genie Date: 18 Dec 09 - 08:31 PM Well, I can think of at least one song that adds a couple of other drugs to its paean: "Willin'" (The " ... weed, whites and wine ... " song.) |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: mkebenn Date: 19 Dec 09 - 12:07 PM Unless I missed it, "Mr Tamborine Man", don't know what intoxicant is referred to, but I always took "play a song for me" as a request to buy something. Definitely positive, though. Mike |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: MGM·Lion Date: 19 Dec 09 - 01:09 PM Now I have always taken 'Hey, Mr Tambourine Man, play a song for me' to mean 'Hey, Mr Tambourine Man, play a song for me'. Sorry sorry sorry — how innocent can you get!!!??? |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: mkebenn Date: 19 Dec 09 - 02:16 PM Mike,It might be me, but "let me dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand wavin free" and "let me forget about today untill tomorrow" sounds like a bender to me. Maybe I'm the one who's bent. Mike |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: Genie Date: 19 Dec 09 - 02:34 PM MtheGM, I've always thought "Puff, The Magic Dragon" was about a kid's imaginary playmate. Still do, in fact. Maybe we're both terminally naive?? ; D |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: mkebenn Date: 19 Dec 09 - 02:44 PM Genie, Paul Stookey always said it was not a drug song. I believe him. Same with Lucy in the Sky. Now, White Rabbit, 'nouther story. Mike |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: Genie Date: 19 Dec 09 - 03:49 PM Yes, "Lucy" was inspired by a Julian Lennon's description of his own painting, according to his dad. From Wikipedia (at the moment) : "At the time of its release, the Beatles claimed that the inspiration for the song came from a drawing by John Lennon's son, Julian, which Julian called "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". The song sparked controversy when released, including being banned by the BBC because of the supposed reference to the drug LSD,[1] with the letters of the title spelling Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. Lennon would later deny the reference during an interview with Rolling Stone. Although John Lennon throughout his life denied that the title and content of the song had to do with LSD,[2] on June 2, 2004, McCartney admitted to BBC that it was "pretty obvious" that the song was inspired by LSD.[3]" So it's possible that the child's painting inspired a song with both the painting itself and Julian's title being recognized by McCartney (and maybe Lennon too) as having a strong double meaning. |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: Genie Date: 19 Dec 09 - 03:55 PM And it was Peter Yarrow, not Paul Stookey, who co-wrote "Puff," based on a 1959 poem by Leonard Lipton. Wikipedia on Puff, The Magic Dragon [[Leonard Lipton, a 19-year-old Cornell University student ... was inspired by an Ogden Nash poem titled "Custard the Dragon," about a "realio, trulio little pet dragon." Lipton was friends with Peter Yarrow's housemate when they were all students at Cornell. He used Yarrow's typewriter to get the poem out of his head. He then forgot about it until years later, when a friend called and told him Yarrow was looking for him, to give him credit for the lyrics. On making contact Yarrow gave Lipton half the songwriting credit, and he still gets royalties from the song.]] |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: GUEST,guest Date: 20 Dec 09 - 02:08 PM Genie, correct on 'Lucy in the Sky'. How about 'Doctor Robert' by the same popular combo. ? |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: Paul Burke Date: 21 Dec 09 - 04:45 AM North Country Maid: I bet if I pleased I could manage with E's, For where bonny lasses are, pushers will come, But the lad that I wed must be North Country bread* And he'll carry me back to my North Country home, Where the coke and the hash and the bonny LSD Are all going cheap in my North Country. * Wi' nowt tekken out |
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Subject: Lyr Add: EBENEEZER GOODE (The Shamen) From: Trevor Date: 21 Dec 09 - 05:54 AM A great philosopher once wrote "Naughty, naughty, very naughty" Ha ha ha ha ha
There's a guy in the place
He's refined, sublime,
You can see that he's mischievious,
Backwards and then forwards,
Ebeneezer Goode, leading light of the scene
He takes you to the top,
A gentleman of leisure,
When you're in town |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: Smokey. Date: 21 Dec 09 - 10:26 PM "So tell me old ship-mates, I'm taking a trip mates" (with apologies to John Conolly) |
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Subject: Lyr Add: LET'S GO GET STONED (Ray Charles) From: KB in Iowa Date: 22 Dec 09 - 02:21 PM "Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: meself - PM Date: 18 Dec 09 - 04:19 PM "BTW, someone mentioned 'Let's Go Get Stoned' but that is clearly about alcohol." And I (someone) quote: "I'll call up my dealer on the way home and say, "'Let's go get stoned.'" ?" Perhaps I should have been more specific. I was responding to a mention of Ray Charles singing 'Let's Go Get Stoned' I have a version recorded by Ray Charles in 1966 which does not contain the line you quote. I also have a version by The Coasters from 1965 that is almost identical to the one Ray Charles recorded the next year. Maybe they took out the drug references so it could be played on the radio. Here are the lyrics to the 1966 Ray Charles version. It hit #31 on the Billboard charts. Let's go get stoned Let's go get stoned When your baby won't let you in Got a few pennies, a bottle of gin Just call your buddy on the telephone Let's go get stoned Let's go get stoned Let's go get stoned When you work so hard all the day long And everything you do seems to go wrong Just drop by my place on your way home Let's go get stoned It ain't no harm You're takin just a taste But don't blow your cool and start messing up the place It ain't no harm you're faking just a nip But make sure you don't fall down bust your lip Let's go get stoned Let's go get stoned Where did you get that quote? |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: meself Date: 22 Dec 09 - 04:37 PM I mentioned in my original post that I was NOT referencing the "Ray Charles version" but rather the Amboy Dukes' version, which was probably a re-make, so to speak, although it was "the original" to my ears. The Amboy Dukes were a 'hard rock' group from Detroit, I believe. I don't know how well known they were outside of the Detroit area (I lived in Windsor). Anyway, there was no doubt about what kind of 'stoned' they were singing about. I'm afraid I can't recall any more of their lyrics, but that line about calling up the dealer on the way home stuck in my head. They would have recorded that in the early '70s. Don't know if there's any info. about it or them on the 'net. Will see what I can find later, if I get time. |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: Art Thieme Date: 22 Dec 09 - 07:33 PM I must submit a nomination for an intoxicant song topic that exceeds all the others, quantity-wise, by millions and millions --- possibly billions. songa about love. Art |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: Mark Ross Date: 22 Dec 09 - 09:49 PM "There's a fire in the hemp fields, the smoke it fills the sky, In every town for miles around people are getting high, God bless that careless field hand who went and kindled the blaze, the cat is gone, turn the countryside on and we'll all be stoned for days." written by Andy Kent after he read a news story about burning fields of hemp in Kentucky. I think it was recorded by Charlie Brown on his album TETON TEA PARTY(?). I believe it was released on Folkways. Mark Ross |
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Subject: Lyr Add: JUMPIN' OFF THE WAGON (Darryl Worley) From: wysiwyg Date: 03 Jan 10 - 12:31 PM (I believe Worley wrote this but not 100% sure-- ~S~) JUMPIN' OFF THE WAGON As recorded by Darryl Worley on "Here and Now" (2006) 1. I got drunk in Raleigh and I played too long. Word got back to Nashville 'fore I got back home. The record label said, "Boy, you better straighten up your act." The lawyers told me, "Son, that's what the contracts say." So I got good and sober and I stayed that way, But still, you couldn't find a Worley record on the rack. I did ev'rything they asked me to do, But still, they went an' cut me loose. CHORUS: But I ain't bawlin'. I'm through crawlin'. I got lots of other people callin'. No more naggin'. I ain't braggin', But my boot heels they ain't draggin'. I ain't fallin'. Hell, I'm jumpin' off the wagon. 2. I'm already feelin' more like my old self. That double shot of Dickel was a lot of help. From here on out, I'm just doin' my own thing. There's somethin' to be said about just feelin' good. I'm goin' with my guts, so baby, knock on wood. If this don't work, I've only got myself to blame. I ain't into lookin' back. I ain't ever got nowhere like that. CHORUS, BREAK, CHORUS, ending with: I ain't jivin'-- Yea, I'm divin' off the wagon. Lyrics corrected from here: http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/worley-darryl/jumping-off-the-wagon-19151.html Dickel: http://www.dickel.com: Experience the George Dickel Distillery and you'll discover why we are the best-kept secret in Tennessee SH |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: Joe_F Date: 03 Jan 10 - 06:35 PM The preceding seems to have strayed into the wrong thread. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: MAKE A WISH (Coming Home Again) (Ingram) From: wysiwyg Date: 03 Jan 10 - 09:47 PM Didn't find any alcohol-only threads, so I put it here because (A) it's a great song (ignore it if you prefer), and (B) this is MUDCAT where our business is to post good songs in a findable fashion. :~) And that's why the last one was posted here, too; ignore it if you prefer. Here's another good one. Ignore this one too if you prefer. :~) Ingram sounds (and is not "trying" to sound) like a young and equally-innovative John Prine. The label he's on is an upstart, Indie-type, songwriter-based label-- doing "country" songs without the Nashville writing formula. Ingram explains that "Daddy Juice" as mentioned in the lyric is the stuff in his garage's beverage fridge, and that he wrote this while nervously waiting for his son to be born, as good advice to young men. It's equally about leaving-- and coming home wiser. ~S~ === MAKE A WISH (Coming Home Again) Jack Ingram 1. Stare out at the horizon Start the car and call the road your friend Tell the girls and the Lord above You'll think fondly and call back now and then Head out of the city Go find what they brought you down here for Take that shiny penny That daddy gave you from the day that you were born and CHORUS Make a wish Dreams come true Go on sail the ocean blue Ride a highway like the wind Drink the good times down like sin Go on, take that car And drive so far [that] It looks like you're comin' home again 2. Stare up at the moonlight And threaten every star: "It won't be long," You tell 'em; "This is the very last night I look to you to make sense of it all." Then head into the city Electric lights that shine from dusk till dawn Take that rusty penny Throw it in the air and then move along and CHORUS Bridge: You can't go back but you can come back 'round Let the world know as you roll through town REPRISED CHORUS Chorus plus: Yeah take that car And drive so far It looks like you're comin' home again © BEAT UP FORD PUBLISHING Album: This Is It Songwriter(s): Jack Ingram Release Date: March 3, 2007 Label: Big Machine Lyric corrected due to better transcription from source: http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/ingram-jack/make-a-wish-coming-home-again-20993.html SH |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: wysiwyg Date: 03 Jan 10 - 10:02 PM Ingram's euphemistic 5-letter song: http://www.roughstock.com/cowpie/songs/j/jack-ingram/love-you The video: http://www.cmt.com/videos/jack-ingram/434980/love-you-rhapsody-original.jhtml I think you'll see and hear a little Prine there. :~) And I'll have whatever he's smoking! ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song From: Clontarf83 Date: 03 Jan 10 - 10:54 PM Jonathan Edwards' first album had a great song about Mary H called Shanty Gonna lay around the shanty momma and put a good buzz on |
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